Late last year I wrote a piece about the vilification of ACORN, and their work in impoverished communities. Some weak-kneed Democrats capitulated to Republican demands to ban federal funding for the group– effectively initiating a modern day witch hunt which succeeded in dissolving the community organization. Today brings word that ACORN has been absolved of [...]
(This was originally published in October. On the verge of DADT repeal, I felt the need to re-publish it.) In America, we have certain preconceived notions of masculinity, and what it means to be a “man.” The perception that men exhibit and exude strength — both physically and emotionally — and bravery is widely acknowledged [...]
Tags: DADT·Gay Rights·gays·Government
Let’s play a game, shall we? The name of the game is called “Imagine.” The way it’s played is simple: we’ll envision recent happenings in the news, but then change them up a bit. Instead of envisioning white people as the main actors in the scenes we’ll conjure – the ones who are driving the [...]
Tags: Government·Race·Tea Party
In the clip above, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) delivers a speech at the FreedomWorks Tax rally. It’s customary practice to take any politician’s words and run them through the rinse and spin cycles. In today’s hyper-partisan climate, it’s even more appropriate to deftly cleave through the spin and the lies– to determine what are justifiable [...]
Tags: a view from inside·Government
From Ezra Klein: As we edge closer and closer to the midterms and people like me keep saying that the main thing that matters is the economy; both its absolute performance over the past 14 months and its apparent trends. But why say it when you can graph it? With the help of Dylan Matthews, [...]
Here’s an update to my earlier post about health care legislation– and the upcoming lawsuit being pursued by several state attorney generals. Watch Georgia attorney general Thurbert Baker give his reasons for not joining the suit below: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Tags: Georgia·Government·Health Care·lawsuits·Thurbert Baker
It’s in vogue to hate the deficit. We all want to slash it, and nobody wants anything to do with programs that add to it. Yet no one wants to be honest about what we REALLY need to do to decrease it. Check out the chart below: The biggest offenders of deficit busting are Defense, [...]
Tags: deficit·Economy·Government·taxes
An interesting take on how Tea partiers view government, and how what they believe may not coincide with reality. Bruce Bartlett: On March 16 the Tea Party crowd showed up for yet another demonstration on Capitol Hill… Curious about the factual knowledge these people have regarding the issues they are protesting,… David Frum enlisted some [...]
Tags: america·Conservatives·Economy·Government·Protest·taxes·Tea Party
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